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Wow, can it really be the 100th episode already? Almost 2 years of weekly updates and discussions on web development – and we’re still here. And so no one less than Paul Irish joined Hans, Kahlil, Rodney and Schepp. While our podcast is a German thing, we’re thrilled how things turned out with recording an English episode over the wire. Thank you Paul!

Schaunotizen (aka the shownotes)

Have an issue but neither you nor the maintainers of the project can (or want to) resolve? Set a bounty for it! BountySource let’s you define an amount (say 15$) up for grabs to anyone willing to solve your issue with an open source project. All you need to participate is a GitHub account and either PayPal or Google Wallet. Finally something that might work smoothly in Europe as well. Note that BountySource aims for the small things, backing full blown projects is (currently) better handled by pledgie et al.

We mostly agree with Alex on which APIs will have the highest impact next year. Web Components are going to be the thing, as they allow modularization, templating and more. They will not enhance how we work, they will (evenutally) change the way we create web apps. Flexbox (and the other layouting schemes) are missing from the list. We’re still eagerly awaiting their availability. The Autocomplete API (spec in development) is something that will benefit users more than developers. That and Mozilla’s Persona will hopefully put an end to all that identification and recurring data input mess that has been our internet.

The gist of the story: »You needn’t be the first, you’ll just help if you’re the first that somebody finds.« Do not try to impress anyone. Do not assume everybody knows what you know. Simply publish what you learn. Instead of explaining things to your friends in closed channels, write a (short) blog about it. Found something new (to you)? Blog about it. Keep the knowledge flowing!